"The strong right arm that holds for peace": how Americans learned to stop resisting and love national idolatry

Adam, A.K.M. (2013) "The strong right arm that holds for peace": how Americans learned to stop resisting and love national idolatry. In: Adam, A.K.M. and Tongue, S. (eds.) This Is Not A Bible. Brill: Leiden, Netherlands. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

The body politic of the U.S.A. simultaneously embraces the legal separation of the state from any ecclesiastical body; the prominent embrace of the Bible and, especially, the Ten Commandments as definitive touchstones for spiritual and ethical life; and also the sanctity of the U.S. flag and its embodiments. The essay displays ways that these mutually-contradictory currents interweave and cross in an intractable ideological muddle

Item Type:Book Sections
Status:Unpublished
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Adam, Dr A K M
Authors: Adam, A.K.M.
College/School:College of Arts & Humanities > School of Critical Studies > Theology and Religious Studies
Publisher:Brill

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